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• Space Development Agency seeks proposals for 18 satellites with experimental payloads SpaceNews · 11 Oct 2021 The Space Development Agency on Oct. 8 issued a draft request for bids for 18 satellites that will carry experimental payloads.
• Space Development Agency revises Transport Layer procurement, with fewer satellites per launch SpaceNews · 27 Sep 2021 The Space Development Agency revised a request for proposals that previously had sought bids for 144 satellites. It is now seeking proposals for 126 satellites, and will procure the other 18 at a later time.
• L3Harris’ missile-tracking satellites pass early design review SpaceNews · 20 Sep 2021 L3Harris announced Sept. 20 that the Space Development Agency has approved the company’s proposed design for a missile tracking satellite.
• Space Development Agency to acquire 144 satellites from multiple vendors SpaceNews · 30 Aug 2021 The Defense Department’s space agency on Aug. 30 released a request for proposals from satellite manufacturers that would compete for contracts to build as many as 144 satellites.
• Space Development Agency’s policy chief: ‘Our focus is maintaining our rapid schedule’ SpaceNews · 25 Aug 2021 Paula Trimble joined SDA in January as policy chief and legislative affairs director. A longtime Washington policy insider and former space journalist, Trimble spoke with SpaceNews about the agency’s disruptive approach...
• After negotiations, Space Development Agency was able to get reduced pricing for national security launch SpaceNews · 24 Aug 2021 SDA Director Derek Tournear said initially he did not want to use NSSL because it’s significantly more expensive than commercial launches but worked out an agreement with the Space Force to get the cost reduced
• Kendall reorganizes Space Force acquisition office,  wants faster merger with Space Development Agency SpaceNews · 24 Aug 2021 Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall announced Aug. 24 he is reorganizing the office that oversees Space Force acquisition programs.
• DoD experiment flying to International Space Station to collect data for missile-tracking sensors SpaceNews · 9 Aug 2021 A Northrop Grumman spacecraft scheduled to launch Aug. 10 on a resupply mission to the International Space Station will carry a Space Development Agency experiment.
• SpaceX or ULA to launch future Space Development Agency satellites SpaceNews · 26 Jul 2021 Launch services for Space Development Agency satellites will be procured under the National Security Space Launch program run by the U.S. Space Force.
• Space Development Agency celebrates launch of its first satellites SpaceNews · 30 Jun 2021 The Defense Department’s space agency on June 30 hailed the deployment of its first missions which flew to orbit on a SpaceX rideshare carrying 88 small satellites.
• Space Development Agency’s first satellites to launch on SpaceX mission Spaceflight Now · 28 Jun 2021 Five payloads from the Space Development Agency, an organization charged with rapidly infusing emerging technologies into the U.S. military’s space programs, are among more than 80 satellites awaiting launch from Cape Ca...
• DoD space agency to create marketplace for commercial satellite data SpaceNews · 22 Jun 2021 The Space Development Agency is looking to work with commercial operators of imaging satellites so they can send data directly to U.S. government satellites in orbit.
• Space Development Agency to launch five satellites aboard SpaceX rideshare SpaceNews · 22 Jun 2021 The U.S. Space Development Agency has five satellites riding on SpaceX’s Transporter-2 mission scheduled to launch June 25.
• Capella Space wins research contract from U.S. Space Development Agency SpaceNews · 17 Jun 2021 Radar satellite imagery startup Capella Space on June 14 received a $3 million research contract in support of the Space Development Agency’s National Defense Space Architecture.
• DoD space agency to launch laser communications experiments on SpaceX rideshare SpaceNews · 2 Jun 2021 A pair of cubesats built by General Atomics for the Space Development Agency will seek to demonstrate optical communications between satellites, and from satellites to a military drone aircraft.
• Space Development Agency to add more laser links to satellites if the price is right SpaceNews · 21 Apr 2021 The Space Development Agency needs “affordable” optical terminals that can be mass produced.
• Space Development Agency could select three manufacturers to produce its next batch of satellites SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2021 The Space Development Agency is considering buying its next 150 satellites from three different vendors,
• DoD space agency: Cyber attacks, not missiles, are the most worrisome threat to satellites SpaceNews · 14 Apr 2021 The Space Development Agency is less worried about missile strikes than it is about cyber attacks and intrusions into the supply chain.
• Space Development Agency issues new request for information from satellite vendors SpaceNews · 12 Apr 2021 SDA is seeking feedback on vendors' ability to support a homogeneous constellation design.
• Satellite manufacturer LeoStella eyeing opportunities in U.S. defense market SpaceNews · 2 Apr 2021 LeoStella sees opportunities to supply satellites to the U.S. Space Development Agency.
• Space Force planning for a future of smaller, cheaper satellites SpaceNews · 8 Mar 2021 The Space and Missile Systems Center for more than a year has been helping the Space Development Agency accelerate the procurement of small satellites.
• DoD space agency to award multiple contracts for up to 150 satellites SpaceNews · 4 Mar 2021 The Space Development Agency will solicit bids for an upcoming procurement of up to 150 satellites to be launched in late 2024.
• Space Development Agency experiment to fly on Northrop Grumman’s capsule to space station SpaceNews · 1 Mar 2021 The NG-16 cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station will carry a Space Development Agency payload to collect data for the development of missile-tracking sensors.
• DoD space agency launching experiments in preparation for 2022 satellite deployments SpaceNews · 11 Feb 2021 SDA and DARPA small spacecraft equipped with optical crosslinks will fly to orbit in SpaceX's next rideshare mission Transporter-2.
• Space Development Agency asks industry for input on available technologies SpaceNews · 25 Jan 2021 A “broad area announcement” Jan. 25 asks companies for information on emerging technologies that the Space Development Agency might be interested in funding if they meet specific needs.
• Space Development Agency restores L3Harris, SpaceX contracts following protest SpaceNews · 7 Jan 2021 Following a series of contract protests, the Space Development Agency again awarded SpaceX a $149 million contract and L3Harris a $193.5 million contract to each build four satellites to detect and track ballistic and hy...
• SpaceX wins $150 million contract to launch Space Development Agency satellites SpaceNews · 31 Dec 2020 SpaceX has been awarded a $150.4 million contract to launch as many as 28 satellites for the Pentagon’s space agency.
• Space Development Agency to reevaluate proposals for missile-tracking satellites SpaceNews · 22 Dec 2020 Companies that competed earlier this year for Space Development Agency satellite contracts awarded to L3Harris and SpaceX were asked to resubmit their proposals following several protests.
• Space Development Agency’s missile-tracking satellites on hold as Raytheon files new protest SpaceNews · 7 Dec 2020 The procurement of eight missile-tracking satellites by the Space Development Agency remains on hold amid a new protest filed by Raytheon.
• To boost its military space business, Lockheed Martin turns to commercial players SpaceNews · 23 Nov 2020 To compete in an unconventional program like the Space Development Agency's Transport Layer, Lockheed Martin decided to team up with commercial companies.
• Airbus, Raytheon protest Space Development Agency satellite contract awards SpaceNews · 6 Nov 2020 Airbus and Raytheon have filed protests with the Government Accountability Office challenging Space Development Agency contracts awarded to L3Harris and SpaceX.
• Space Development Agency begins market research for its next batch of satellites to be launched in 2024 SpaceNews · 25 Oct 2020
• SpaceX teams with Microsoft for Space Development Agency contract SpaceNews · 20 Oct 2020
• Space Development Agency seeks bids for launch services for 28 satellites SpaceNews · 7 Oct 2020
• SpaceX, L3Harris win Space Development Agency contracts to build missile-warning satellites SpaceNews · 5 Oct 2020
• SpaceNews – Space Development Agency praised as change agent in Pentagon procurement SpaceNews · 17 Sep 2020
• Lockheed Martin enlists Tyvak and Telesat for Space Development Agency contract SpaceNews · 1 Sep 2020
• Lockheed Martin, York Space win contracts to produce 20 satellites for Space Development Agency SpaceNews · 31 Aug 2020
• Griffin’s departure stirs questions about the future of the Space Development Agency SpaceNews · 24 Jun 2020
• Space Development Agency wants to demonstrate hardware before merging with Space Force SpaceNews · 18 Jun 2020